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In 2017 Individuals with ID/DD (Still) Want Their Natural Freedom Thirty years after President Reagan first declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, how far have we come in ensuring the human and civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and how far do we still have to go?

by Sharon Lewis, Principal, Health Management Associates Thirty years after President Reagan first declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, how far have we come in ensuring the human and civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and how far do we still have to go?

NAB Response to H.R.

March 22, 2017 The Honorable Lamar Alexander, Chairman Senate Health, Education, Labor Chairman and Pensions Committee 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Orrin Hatch Chairman Senate Finance Committee 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Greg Walden Chairman House Energy and Commerce Committee 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin Brady Chairman House Ways and Means Committee 1102 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairmen Alexander, Hatch, Walden and Brady: The National Advisory Board (NAB) on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities wishes to express our grave concern and opposition to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the current healthcare reform legislation under consideration in Congress.

Why is job opportunity still lagging for people with disabilities?

by Charles H.

#CriptheVote Twitter Chat: Protecting the ADA and Disability Rights #CriptheVote hosted their 17 th Twitter Chat on the Americans with disabilities Act and specifically HR 620; the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017.

Most 'anti-aging' remedies are bogus, but here's what you should know about aging from 20s to your 60s | Business Insider It's generally accepted that with each decade of our lives comes a new visible marker of age.